Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

4 reviews

hazel_oat's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Alcohol, Misogyny, Vomit, Alcoholism, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Murder

Minor: Violence and Cursing

a_libra_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Gore, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Signa Farrow is a 19 year old orphan, who has been shuttled between various relatives ever since her parents died. The only person who truly loved her for her and not her inheritance is her grandmother. After she passes away, that’s when she starts living with various relatives. One of those relatives, Aunt Magda, is killed accidentally by Signa when she uses powers she didn’t know she had. Death, who she’s seen most of her life when she eats poisonous belladonna berries is who she believes to be the culprit. Death then explains that it was HER that did the killing not him. Two days later a stable boy from Thorn Grove named Sylas comes to collect her and take her to another set of relatives.

After arriving Signa gets to know Elijah Hawthorne, and his children Percy and Blythe. Elijah is still grieving his wife Lillian and is against his son Percy from inheriting their gentleman’s club called Grey’s. His daughter Blythe is ill and is showing the same symptoms that her mother Lillian had before she died. As Signa grows closer to the family she’s determined to figure out who is poisoning Blythe. Lillian’s spirit also tells her that someone poisoned her too, so that just ratchets up the urgency for Signa, to find the villain, before they destroy the whole family. Reluctantly she agrees to work with Death to hone her powers in order to help the family, while also enlisting the help of the stable boy Sylus.

This is a great start to a gothic YA series (that continues with Foxglove). Signa is a fantastic heroine, who is complex and layered. Her banter with Death is at times hilarious and witty. Historical romance fans will find much to love about this book. Can’t wait to continue the series! Definitely for fans who were disappointed that Alina and the Darkling didn’t end up together in the Grisha trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, and Sexual content